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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 9e8fca598acc..60b57e0bc174 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2575,6 +2575,26 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_len_unlocked(const char *name,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_one_len_unlocked);
+/*
+ * Like lookup_one_len_unlocked(), except that it yields ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)
+ * on negatives. Returns known positive or ERR_PTR(); that's what
+ * most of the users want. Note that pinned negative with unlocked parent
+ * _can_ become positive at any time, so callers of lookup_one_len_unlocked()
+ * need to be very careful; pinned positives have ->d_inode stable, so
+ * this one avoids such problems.
+ */
+struct dentry *lookup_positive_unlocked(const char *name,
+ struct dentry *base, int len)
+{
+ struct dentry *ret = lookup_one_len_unlocked(name, base, len);
+ if (!IS_ERR(ret) && d_is_negative(ret)) {
+ dput(ret);
+ ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_positive_unlocked);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS
int path_pts(struct path *path)
{
@@ -2593,7 +2613,7 @@ int path_pts(struct path *path)
this.name = "pts";
this.len = 3;
child = d_hash_and_lookup(parent, &this);
- if (!child)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(child))
return -ENOENT;
path->dentry = child;